Conan Learns To Dance Cuban Rumba

Dancing is a huge part of Cuban culture, inspiring Conan to take an intensive lesson to master the erotic rumba.

TranscriptCONAN: This is a huge part of Cuban culture.
So I decided to take a lesson.
[speaking Spanish]
>> Now we will start with a song.
Do you know how to dance?
CONAN: Do I know how to dance?
[Cheers and Applause]
can you sing?
Pull the string.
You pull.
>> So we're going to start in the first dance motion.
CONAN: First dance position.
>> The hand is right on her back.
CONAN: Right on her back right here.
Her back is here.
>> This is from here to here.
CONAN: OK, this is the back from here to here.
And down here or no?
>> No.
CONAN: Don't go south of here?
>> No.
CONAN: There's a line here and don't go south.
>> Yes, exactly.
CONAN: All right.
>> Look at this.
one, two, three and Five, six, seven one, two, three And five, six, seven real easy.
CONAN: I have one concern, problem.
I'm worried she, my partner, will fall in love with me.
[Laughter]
[speaking Spanish]
>> You're at second base.
CONAN: Second base?
>> Second basic.
Not second base.
[Laughter]
back two, three and forward one, two, three Five, six, seven \[Laughter and Applause]
>> What are you looking at?
CONAN: I was worried about my partner so I looked down to see if she was OK.
>> Yeah.
CONAN: And she's OK.
>> She's OK.
[Laughter]
CONAN: You don't want me to look down.
I will get it right.
>> You know how to dance.
You're so good dancing.
CONAN: Thank you.
>> I have an assignment for you.
The next one.
CONAN: OK.
>> Here we go.
One, two, three, five, six, seven.
One, two, three, five, six, seven And one, two, three.
Five, six, seven.
CONAN: It's good knowing you.
Show me.
Move my body.
You have my permission to touch my body anywhere.
>> All right.
CONAN: No, not here!
Here.
OK, go.
>> Down.
>> Down.
And up.
And --
[Applause]
Five, six, seven.
[speaking in Spanish]
>> I don't know what I was thinking.
CONAN: I was drawn to him.
>> Let me show you.
This movement --
You will have the first and you will stay behind her, all right?
CONAN: Stay behind.
>> And then --
CONAN: Oh, my God, look at that!
Look at that!
We can do that?
>> And one and two and three and --
[Cheers and Applause]
CONAN: Thank you for asking.
One quick question, I have heard about the legendary rhumba.
>> Rhumba.
CONAN: Rhumba!
I heard about rhumba.
Rhumba and I hear it is a very sexually charged dance.
>> Yes.
CONAN: I must learn this dance.
I must learn the rhumba.
>> So basically we will have basic like one and two and three.
[Laughter]
So with the pelvis, it can be with the arms.
It can be here.
CONAN: And she's covering up.
>> She's covering up.
CONAN: She's saying no.
That's the way it goes.
[Laughter]
>> And one and two and three.
[Laughter]
[Applause]
CONAN: End of the world.
[Laughter]
CONAN: Thank you, Cuba!